As the year wraps up, the Chronicle of Philanthropy is out with a list of notable books from 2015. We interviewed a number of the authors. They wrote about altruism, technology, poverty and education. Read more…

Journalist Dale Russakoff’s new book, The Prize, delves into Mark Zuckerberg’s mission to turn around Newark, New Jersey’s ailing school system. In 2010, the Facebook founder contributed $100 million to the effort, which was announced on The Oprah Winfrey Show. We spoke to Russakoff about her new book. Read more…

In our next podcast, we speak with Dale Russakoff who says Newark, New Jersey’s public school system was at one time “debilitated, antiquated, even dysfunctional.” As luck would have it, a billionaire philanthropist agreed. Read more…